The threat of involuntary laughter – a release of tension or a weapon.

The threat of involuntary laughter – a release of tension or a weapon. Asked to define the issue in which a person laughs AT another person, or type of person, my AI Co-Pilot comes up with two categories, one a symptom of mental disturbance (katagelasticism) , the other a supposedly common emotional strategy for managing … More The threat of involuntary laughter – a release of tension or a weapon.

Why ‘having a mission’ matters in modernity! If it does?

The 1990s were a problematic period of our history, in which technocratic governance began to see the best one could hope for in an expression of group goals: The Blair ‘New Labour’ government’s lauding of the ‘principle’ (for such they thought it was being bereft of any other which they labelled usually as ‘Old Labour’ … More Why ‘having a mission’ matters in modernity! If it does?